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Data Journalism and Visualization with an Example

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Karl

Guardian: Paul Bradshaw: “How to be a data journalist” ProPublica: Jeff Larson: “The Rainbow Connection: How We Made Our CDO Connections Graphic” (tools mentioned: google-refine (formerly Gridworks), Raphaël, JSON)

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A Yahoo! Pipes influenced Python toolset for ETL

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Karl

PyF looks interesting. In a similar vein is Ruffus and Orange (Orange looks impressive and has data analysis capability to boot).

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Interested in data and visualizations?

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Karl

Check out the Guardian’s Datablog, and while you are at it, read/watch the Guardian’s Simon Rogers interview with Jonathan Stray of Nieman Journalism Labs on the rise of data journalism and the tools they use.

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Sean Blanda on Remixing the News

Posted on May 30, 2010 by Karl

eMedia: Remix the News: “Remix the News: what news can learn from Last.fm and Pandora”: “there is no service that adequately customizes content to my tastes based on previous reading” A good read with some important ideas. The only thing … Continue reading →

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Using your Google Spreadsheet as your Twitter Client?

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Karl

Vivek Haldar explains the significance of Google Apps Script. Wow!

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Database related reads (and videos) for January 25, 2010

Posted on January 25, 2010 by Karl

Lambda the Ultimate: Why Normalization Failed to Become the Ultimate Guide for Database Designers? Generation 5: Putting Freebase in a Star Schema no:sql(east): video: Justin Sheehy is the CTO of Basho Technologies on Riak and more ShopTalk Blog: Death to … Continue reading →

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The case for killing ‘WCM’ (Web Content Management)?

Posted on January 23, 2010 by Karl

First, a disclaimer. The title refers to the term ‘WCM’, not the functionality implied by it. WCM (Web Content Management) as defined by Wikipedia is a system that “allows non-technical users to make changes to a website with little training. … Continue reading →

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More from Daniel Jacobson on NPR’s content management ecosystem

Posted on January 18, 2010 by Karl

Programmable Web: Daniel Jacobson: “Content Portability: Building an API is Not Enough” Previous entries in the series: Programmable Web: Daniel Jacobson: Content Modularity: More Than Just Data Normalization Programmable Web: Daniel Jacobson: COPE: Create Once, Publish Everywhere You can read … Continue reading →

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Watching: Alfresco Webcast – Getting Started with CMIS

Posted on January 18, 2010 by Karl

I’m half way thru its 1.5 hours and it is worth it to become familiar with the technology and concepts behind it. More on CMIS and Alfresco at cmis.alfresco.com.

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Think you have statistical chops? Help predict homicides in Philadelphia

Posted on January 17, 2010 by Karl

The Analytics X Prize is “to use statistical techniques and any data sets you can find to predict where crime, specifically homicides, will occur in the city”. Drew Conway at Zero Intelligence Agents has posted some of his progress so … Continue reading →

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